Hi
I would need literature (in English, German, French, Scandinavian,
Spanish) for a personal project:
The internationalization/localization/translation of internet sites and
their functions (communities) must use some form of common ground
(greatest common divisor) for the cultural background of their
participants.
For example, if Facebook makes you choose "yes|maybe|no" as a predefined
answer to a party invitation, and collects the answers in statistics, it
implies (on behalf of the users who invite) that all invited users have
the same notion of "maybe", and the same inclination to choose one
option above the other, while this may differ across cultures, even if
there are seemingly 1:1-translations of the words "yes|maybe|no".
There may be cultures whose languages don't handle the choices exactly
as intended, English does, and there may be differences in wide spread
English speaking population, e.g., Indian and American)
I want to look at what this kind of globalization does to the users and
their culture, and the other way round: how different cultures (i.e.,
the programmers' knowledge about them) may impact the development of
social software.
Any help in finding suitable literature (and other input) is highly
appreciated. Thanks
- Daniel